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Inserm Transfert, the private subsidiary of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), has invetsted in AMF-regulated investment company AdBio partners’ second fund – AFB Fund II.
Inserm Transfert joins the international limited partners who have invested in AdBio partners’ second fund. The initial closing announced in September 2021 reached €86 million ($102M). Among these other investors are the European Investment Fund (EIF), the French Seed Fund 2 (FNA 2), managed by Bpifrance on behalf of the French State as part of the future investments program, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Pierre Fabre, various family offices and the management
Tempus Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of Burkhan World Investments (Burkhan), has agreed terms to lead an institutional investment round into GMEX Group Limited (GMEX), a specialist in digital business and technology solutions for capital markets players, exchanges and post-trade market infrastructure.
Olsam Group (Olsam), a company that acquires and scales category leading e-commerce businesses, has completed the acquisition of MarketFleet, a US-based incubator and aggregator of e-commerce brands.
This is the second “aggregation of aggregators” by Olsam – the first being Flywheel Commerce in November 2021.
MarketFleet was founded in 2015, by a group of ecommerce experts including serial entrepreneur Chris Friedland, with the thesis around creating brands in markets where customers were being overcharged. With a focus on outdoors categories, MarketFleet has 11 brands that will be combined with Olsam, alongside its entire operational team who collectively bring on an
Squire Patton Boggs has continued the expansion of its global private equity practice in Europe with the addition of two new partners in France.
Private equity lawyer Anthony Guillaume has been appointed a Corporate partner and acquisition leverage finance lawyer Benjamin Marché has been appointed partner in the Financial Services Practice in the firm’s Paris office. Guillaume joins from the Corporate group at DLA Piper, and Marché joins from Shearman & Sterling in Paris.
QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has appointed Victoria Zuo as a principal based in San Francisco where she will have a focus on investments in early stage fintech and commerce businesses.
Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has unveiled its new corporate brand identity reflecting the company’s evolution into a modern technology partner for more than 800 alternative investment funds and their portfolio companies.
The rebrand caps a period of continued hyper growth and technology advancements that have enabled Drawbridge to deliver the industry’s leading all-in-one cybersecurity platform to help its global clients navigate the dynamic cybersecurity landscape.
Built and led by fintech industry pioneers and cybersecurity experts, Drawbridge enables alternative investment firms to bolster their cybersecurity posture to minimise risk, meet evolving regulatory
Investor services provider IQ-EQ has competed the acquisition of Irish fund management business Davy Global Fund Management (DGFM) following regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Ireland.
Effective immediately the legacy DGFM business will operate as IQ-EQ Fund Management (Ireland) Limited a fund management company that helps global asset managers to establish and operate UCITS and AIF structures in Europe.
The newly combined business will offer fund management and portfolio management services, fund administration and corporate dministration services from its offices in Dublin and Shannon where it employs a team of 130-plus people, part of a total employee base
Private equity firm Winch & Co, which has its sights set on adding five logistics business to its increasing portfolio, has completed the acquisition of a North East freight operator and its 250,000 square foot industrial estate.
The purchase of Dedicated Transport Solutions (DTS), which operates a road transport fleet from its base in Cramlington, County Durham, comes on the back of Winch & Co’s purchase of Eclipse Distribution Solutions, a £4 million transport business based in Loughborough.
Winch & Co was founded by South Yorkshire entrepreneur Nathan Winch, who sold his first business in 2017. The business, which
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Caleb Vesey as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, where he is part of Willkie’s Private Equity Practice Group.
Vesey’s arrival follows the addition of private equity partners Patrick Sandor, Ray LaSoya and Joe Kaczorowski, who joined Willkie in California this year. Earlier in his career, Vesey was an associate at Willkie.
Vesey’s practice is focused on mergers & acquisitions, private equity and corporate finance. He represents buyers, sellers, private equity funds and their portfolio companies, and financial institutions in a variety of corporate transactions including leveraged buyouts and public and private
Swander Pace Capital (SPC), a private equity firm specialising in consumer product companies, has sold T-Bev, a manufacturer and distributor of tea extracts, instant tea, natural and organic caffeine and other botanical extracts catering to the functional beverage and dietary supplement markets, to Florida Food Products (FFP).
Since being acquired by SPC in June 2021, T-Bev has benefited from significant investments in innovation, sales, and operational infrastructure. As the demand for natural, organic and clean-label ingredients continues to grow, T-Bev has emerged as a leading player in the functional ingredients category.
T-Bev represents Swander Pace Capital’s third completed food ingredient
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